All articles by Marian McHugh, Broadcast
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NewsScotland set for major film and TV studio in Stirling
Stirling Studios will be a 210,000 ft2 space within reach of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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NewsFremantle buys European production label Asacha Media Group
Asacha owns French feature outfit Srab Films.
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NewsBectu, Screen Scotland, BBC, Film and TV Charity get behind calls for eight-hour work day
Implementing shorter working days would increase production costs by just 4% on scripted drama, according to research.
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NewsUK’s Warp Films unveils leadership restructure, European series projects
Warp Films co-chief executive Peter Carlton is stepping back to a senior executive producer position.
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NewsFilm4 to continue as independent unit within Channel 4 (exclusive)
Film4 will continue to operate under separate financial structure; ‘digital first’ Channel 4 strategy does not apply to Film4.
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NewsLaura Mansfield appointed chief executive of UK's ScreenSkills
Mansfield will succeed Seetha Kumar, who decided to stand down in the summer after eight years in the role.
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NewsUS investment firm RedBird IMI emerges as frontrunner to buy All3Media
Venture capital group reportedly in advanced talks with Warner Bros Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire production group
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NewsSee-Saw sets up high-end drama label under ‘Heartstopper’ exec producer
The label’s first project is Sky’s eight-part black comedy Sweetpea.
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NewsBectu open letter slams UK freelancer working conditions at post facilities
The letter has been sent to over 60 of the UK’s leading post-production facilities.
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NewsUK’s Warp Films execs call for more working class stories in film and TV
Mark Herbert and Emily Feller on how industry can up its game.
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills CEO Seetha Kumar to step down
Kumar to remain at the training body until the end of 2023.
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NewsTanya Seghatchian, Nicola Shindler to produce ‘Playdate’ drama series for Disney+ UK
‘Girls Of The Sun’ filmmaker Eva Husson will direct the five-part series
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NewsNetflix shareholders reject executive pay packages
Source: Orlando Parfitt Ted Sarandos Netflix investors have withheld support for the compensatory packages of its leaders, days after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) sent a letter urging them not to back the compensation measures. At the company’s annual shareholders meeting yesterday (June 1), investors voted ...
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NewsUK’s ScreenSkills calls for ‘fundamental’ reform of screen industry apprenticeships and levy
National training body urges change.
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NewsChristine Healy steps down as chair of UK’s ScreenSkills HETV council
Healy oversaw £28m of investment into HETV Skills fund in her tenure.
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NewsScreenSkills ups investment in high-end TV training as UK skills gap worsens
Training body to invest £10.5m in HETV Fund.
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NewsStreaming giants set for increased regulation in UK under new government Media Bill
Government legislation outlined by culture secretary Lucy Frazer will modernise the “outdated” 2003 Communications Act.
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NewsJesse Armstrong calls time on ‘Succession’
Armstrong said the forthcoming fourth series is “pretty definitively” the end of the saga.
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NewsFremantle promotes Christian Vesper to chief executive of global drama
Vesper will take responsibility for Fremantle’s network of scripted labels.
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NewsFremantle snaps up majority stake in UK-based Wildstar
The indie’s blue-chip credits include BBC1’s Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.